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Thursday, 15 May 2008

Pattern Review Mini Wardrobe Plan

Alrighty lets commit my mini wardrobe contest plan to "paper" before I talk myself out of it. My concept here is Double Duty Basics - since the mini wardrobe is just that at only 4 pieces I wanted to create pieces that can be dressed up or down for a variety of looks and that will co ordinate with other pieces I already own & future projects.

The dress fabric is a stretch cotton print, I've made a muslin of the bodice, lengthened the skirt part, cut it out and have started sewing the front panels together. I think this will be quick to make (it sure needs to be!).

The blouse is a TNT and will be in a self striped white cotton, this is cut out and I know I can make this fairly fast too.

The remaining jacket/top and pants are where I may come unstuck. Both are new patterns and I don't even have the fabrics yet. I need to purchase some black silk dupioni for the jacket/top and some cotton type fabric of the pants. I'm planning to purchase those tomorrow and hopefully get the dress finished too.

6 comments:

your story board looks good, you made some nice selections, I really hope you finish in time, are you going to line the dress? The jacket it a very nice design, it will look great on you, can't wait to read of your progress

Great patterns. I made the pants last year and they gave me trouble in constructing (but wonderful to wear). I made a short tutorial of constructing the pocket, which you can find on my blog and in my pdf files.